"Insect Ark's debut, Portal/Well saw a warm, if not enthusiastic, welcome at AMG by our staff's very own card-carrying Illuminati member. Such is Roquentin's power that the one-woman, drone-doom project didn't blow up despite its extreme catchiness and party-ready bangers. Never one to allow the powers that be (other than myself) to dictate a band's future, it was with great curiosity that I reached into the murky waters of the promo pond to retrieve Marrow Hymns, a sophomore effort which sees founding bassist/multi-instrumentalist Dana Schechter joined by drummer and synth-wrangler Ashley Spungin. At forty-four minutes, it's hardly a marathon, yet the staid oddness of the whole thing proves to lengthen the listening experience." Swarm drone.[Give in to your anger...]

"Once upon a dark and glum time, also known as the beginning of the dank ‘90s, a bunch of enigmatic German misfits got together, formed a band called Bohren & der Club of Gore, and started playing music that was quite novel for its period." The age of Jazz doom is upon us.[Give in to your anger...]